(LOCATION TO BE ANNOUNCED ON APRIL 20, 2009)
Doors open at 12:00pm
Competition from 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Admission Fee: $5
Competition Fee: $10
The organizers for the 1st 7th Annual National Grilled Cheese Invitational have opened their electronic floodgates and are now accepting registration for competition in this year’s Grilled Cheese Invitational.
“The 1st 7th Annual Grilled Cheese Invitational is the greatest combination of cheese, fire and bravery the world has seen since the film Superman IV” says Tim Walker, the event’s founder and organizer. “This year we will have more cheese in one location than ever before in human history. More cheese means a brighter tomorrow!”
Admission to the event is $5. Anyone is welcome to attend this event.
Who can judge the competition? YOU! Yes, anyone with a passion for the cheese is welcome to register as a judge on-site. All judging is done using standardized ballots and a patented, computerized database that uses a comically unnecessary amount of scientifically calibrated technology to tabulate the results and determine the winners.
All competitors must register their sammich for competition NO LATER THAN Thursday, April 23, 2009 at 8:00pm.
The categories of competition will be as follows:
- The Missionary Position: Any kind of bread, any kind of butter and any kind of cheese(or combination of cheeses) but no additional ingredients.
- The Kama Sutra: Any kind of bread, any kind of butter, and any kind of cheese(or blend of cheeses) plus additional ingredients.
- The Honey Pot: Any kind of bread, any kind of butter, any kind of cheese (or blend of cheeses), and any additional ingredients, but a sandwich that is sweet in flavor, or would best be served as dessert.
To register your sammich, go to:
http://www.grilledcheeseinvitational.com/2009sammich.php
For the winners, there will be a 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th place trophy awarded in each category. There will also be two Spaz awards that will be given to different sammiches that are the biggest Spazes, executive judge awards and mountains of grilled cheese for everybody!
In addition to the competition, KRAFT Singles will be on hand as the event’s title sponsor, offering up thousands of FREE grilled cheese sandwiches to the hungry masses.
Add to all this some cheese-themed poetry, comedy, cheesey music and exhibition cheese grilling and you have one of the more unique, entertaining and delicious events ever witnessed.
Feel you’ve got what it takes to be a Grilled Cheese Champion? Great! Prove it! The fee for competition is $10. All competitors must register their sammich for competition NO LATER THAN Thursday, April 23, 2009 at 8:00pmPST. To register, go to: http://www.grilledcheeseinvitational.com/2009sammich.php.
On April 25th, the molten seas of melted cheese and bits of bread will part and all that will remain will be the few, the proud, the Grilled Cheese Champions. Only they will earn the sacred right to hold a trophy up to the angry heavens and scream “I am a f@#king grilled cheese champion
!”
Got questions about the event? Of course you do! Send ’em to hotcheeseygoodness@grilledcheeseinvitational.com.
Yours in bread, butter cheese and victory!
The Grilled Cheese Invitational
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Hot grilling action at the 2nd Annual Norcal GCI!
2nd Annual NorCal Regional Grilled Cheese Invitational took place on February 24, 2009 in San Francisco’s Dolores Park. Over 500 people showed up to judge some of the best grilled cheese sammiches San Francisco has ever seen. No ingredient went untouched at this GCI. Avocados, vegemite, Grand Marnier and beer and even Makers Mark were all on the table for this fight.
Even the weather, threatening to rain all day, held off long enough for the champions to get their trophies. Clearly San Francisco is shaping up to be the largest, most enthusiastic audience of Grilled Cheese lovers outside of the National event.
The winners of the event were as follows:
OFFICIAL RESULTS FOR THE 2nd ANNUAL NORCAL REGIONAL GRILLED CHEESE INVITATIONAL
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MISSIONARY POSITION CATEGORY
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Sammich Rank
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Competitor Name
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Sammich Name
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Overall Score
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| 1st | Michael Davidson |
Grandma’s Revenge
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30.55
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| 2nd | Raynn |
Damfino
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27.49
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| 3rd | Peter Dolan |
The Platonic Ideal
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27
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| 4th | Mike Trame |
Mr. Cheese, Esq.
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26.51
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KAMA SUTRA CATEGORY
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Sammich Rank
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Competitor Name
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Sammich Name
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Overall Score
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| 1st | Scott Green |
(no name)
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31.95
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| 2nd | Heidi and Naynay |
Curdletoe
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31.8
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| 3rd | Andy Feifarek |
What’s Shakin’ Bacon
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31.26
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| 4th | Amacker Bullwinkle |
La Boule miche
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31.05
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HONEY POT CATEGORY
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Sammich Rank
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Competitor Name
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Sammich Name
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Overall Score
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| 1st | Katherine Scherbel |
(no name)
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33.2
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| 2nd | Nick Forland |
“Ménage à fromaga!”
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28.54
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| 3rd | Jeff Shapiro |
Brown Sugga’
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28.21
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| 4th | Arlette |
(no name)
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28.15
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SPAZ SCORES
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| Sammich Rank | Competitor Name |
Sammich Name
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Spaz Score
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| 1st | Sonic & Tails |
(no name)
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| 2nd | Katherine Scherbel |
(no name)
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The 1st Annual NorCal Regional Grilled took place on October 27, 2007 at Eli's Mile High Club in Oakland, CA
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The 1st Annual NorCal Regional Grilled Cheese Invitational took place on October 27, 2007 at Eli’s Mile High Club in Oakland, CA and was the first regional GCI to ever take place. The event had maxed out capacity for the venue within minutes and soon the competition was on, with over 30 competitors fighting it out for the title of Grilled Cheese Champion.
Oakland Regional Organizer Danielle Farrar accepts the officialhorse mask of victory.
Jovino grilling up a cheese tornado.
More photographic proof of the event:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mmendelson/sets/72157602726854662/
OFFICIAL RESULTS
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Sammich Rank
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The Missionary Category
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Cook
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Overall Sammich Score
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1st
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Queijo Grelhado Velho Liso -SUPER fresh sourdough from Hoffman’s bakery in Santa Cruz, extra sharp Tillamook cheddar, fresh Italian mozarella, Jarlsberg mild swiss & whipped danish creamery butter. |
Kathasaurus & Bustin
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29.80
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2nd
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The CBCBC (Cheese Bread Cheese Bread Cheese Grilled Cheese) – A knockout combination of Metropolis Bakery Whole Wheat, Asiago Pressato from Farmstead Cheeses & Wines, Trader Joe’s Fresh Grated Parmesan, and Brumel & Brown spread. |
Polly Harrold
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26.64
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3rd
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Shish Ka-Cheese sammich- 6 layers of bread, 5 layers of cheese, cut into 4ths and skewered on a shish ka-bob stick. |
Smokey
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25.50
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4th
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Grandma’s Grilled Gateway-to-Heaven |
Michael Davidson
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21.69
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Sammich Rank
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The Kama Sutra Category
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Cook
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Overall Sammich Score
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1st
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Oven-roasted crimini mushrooms, a blend of asiago and testuno de barolo cheeses, and home grown garlic chives on locally baked sourdough with organic butter, and lots of love! |
M Bunny
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26.81
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2nd
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Croissant with lavender infused mascarpone and chevre goat cheeses with herbs of Provence and extra lavender. |
The Lascivious Pigs (Ethersmith)
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26.75
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3rd
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7 yr old Wisconsin Cheddar, Cave-Aged Gruyere, a hot, molten center of Triple Cream Brie and Duck Prosciutto, baby!(on sliced country baguette) |
Splat
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25.79
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4th
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robin
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25.67
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Sammich Rank |
The Honey Pot Category |
Cook
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Overall Sammich Score
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1st
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Get Down on Your Knees and Tell Me You Love Me! — A winning combination of gingersnaps, buttermilk bread, three cheeses and pumpkin butter. |
Katherine Scherbel & Laura Wiles
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27.67
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2nd
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Omaha Fred – White bread, Jack cheese, Mild Colby cheese, slices of Honey Crisp apple, Marshall’s Farm Alameda County Honey & Apricot Peppercorn Mustard |
Jake Wasserman
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27.47
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3rd
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The Grill Cream — a blend of cream, Romano and sharp cheddar cheeses with a dollop of apricot preserves on brown sugar and butter grilled cinnamon bread. |
Shannon Holbrook
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26.13
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4th
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Arlette
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26.12
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| The Spaz Category |
Cook
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Spaz Score
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1st Spaz
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GoRILLa-misu |
PinkBUHny
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12.06
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2nd Spaz
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get down on your knees and tell me you love me |
Katherine Scherbel
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10.80
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Runner Up (no award)
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Arlette
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10.75
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ALL RESULTS ARE TABULATED USING A TOP-SECRET, COMPUTERIZED DATABASE THAT TABULATES AN OVERALL SCORE FOR EACH ENTRY. WE DON’T HAVE THE TIME TO GET INTO IT HERE, BUT TRUST US, IT IS FAIRLY COMPLEX AND TERRIBLY CONFUSING.
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